YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

Fat and Bitch. Two words I often heard together, and often heard apart. Both directed at me. As far back as I can remember, I was always told that I was an "angry child". My mother was so fond of that word, "angry". It was like a buzzword to her, and she loved to use it as much a...

Oh, I haven't listened to Ashly Burch's show yet, because I got halfway through Michael D, and it got a little too rough to take, so I had to pause it. I agree with her analogy, though! I definitely feel like every time my friends tell me a problem, I can think of some way to relate it to something ...

From one newbie to another, welcome!

And I'll tell you something a friend told me recently that just made my day: You don't have to minimize your feelings. Not here.

I'm not sure I'm ready to really get into the details of my past and why I am the way I am. It would be a long, tragic, sad story, and really, if we're here, we've had enough sad stories, I think. Besides, I'm saving it for my memoirs, or for whenever I become famous (this is a joke. I make them whe...